Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 29, 1999

Jim Rose – Qxl.com Plc (qxl.l)

JIM ROSE joined QXL.com as the Chief Executive Officer in April 1999. Jim was formally CEO at United Information Group (UIG), a wholly owned subsidiary of United News and Media, where he was responsible for driving the company's global expansion and business development. Prior to UIG, Jim's experience includes four years with Deloitte Touche as a management consultant and over six years with Dun&Bradstreet/ ACNielsen, as a European Board Member and Managing Director in the UK, Ireland and South Africa. Jim was also CEO of Blackwell Information Services, a global provider of academic and professional information, and was responsible for all Internet development including the launch of the Blackwell On-Line Bookshop. Jim is an American national, and holds a Masters Degree from Kellogg School of Management from Northwestern University, Chicago. Profile
TWST: First, give us a summary of what you see as the .com industry in

the U.K. today so we get more of an idea of the context for the market

and the industry in which you're working.

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